| The MMPA
of 1972 established a moratorium on the hunting,
harassing, capture or killing of marine mammals in US
waters or by US citizens on the high seas, and extended
the moratorium to the importation of marine mammals or
their produces into the country (with special exceptions
for subsistence hunting in Alaska).
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was enacted in
1972 to protect and manage marine mammals and their
products (e.g., the use of hides and meat). The primary
authority for implementing the act belongs to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). The FWS manages walruses; polar
bears; sea otters; dugongs; marine otters; and West
Indian, Amazonian, and West African manatees. The NMFS
manages whales, porpoises, seals, and sea lions.
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